Wed, 28 October 2009
Our sports, our passions provide a special opportunity to visit the natural world's wildest places. This tradition began with climber, writer and godfather of conservation John Muir. He was a dirtbag before he was an icon. Now, there are members of our community -- boaters, skiers and photographers -- who are following in Muir's footsteps. They don't necessarily come from traditional activist roots, but have chosen to take stand for little places and big ideas. Today, we present three stories. A city girl sheds caution to start a farm. A kayaker becomes a journalist. An adventure photographer forgoes a career traveling the globe to run for office back at home. I am John Muir. You are John Muir. We all have a Yosemite. Comments[4]
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- It is sickening to think someone may never be connected to a piece of land in the way these new conservationists are. For me, there are two places; ellensburg, wa and dillingham, ak. My father and I attended a showing of Trout Unlimited\'s Red Gold video about the community, water and salmon at risk due to the proposed Pebble Mine Project while I was home a few weeks ago from the air force. We are part of a grass roots movement to speak about wild salmon and the importance of keeping the Pebble Mine out of the last clean waters of the world. When we watched that video, I felt that something deep in me that just knows that place is what has changed us forever. The characters were people my dad has known through his years of work there and the places in the video were part of my first walkabout. My father\'s face showed his addiction to that pure land and joyful community and I am so glad that there are others out there who are willing to buck the system, call land \"soul-altering material\" and be part of the process that fights for the sustainment of that land.
We are the new conservationists! - Thanks so much for posting this! Really motivated me. Love all your tie-ins. I stumbleupon.com it. On a side note I stayed in Halawa, Molokai for a few months and it a place that I want to help protect. My friend and I pitched in and helped out as much as we could. I hope to do more for them in the future. I heard that Patagonia was helping protect Halawa, Molokai.
Here is a view of the Valley:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyddSK-Qjr0
Hope all is well Fitz. Keep up the great work.
Paul
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